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Definition of Potemkin

• (noun) a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791)

Synonyms of Potemkin

• Potemkin
• Potyokin
• Grigori Potemkin
• Grigori Potyokin
• Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin

Antonyms of Potemkin

Homophones of Potemkin